Texarkana Gazette

Advice

Boyfriend won't commit to a date for moving in Dear Abby: I have been in a relationship for two years with a man I love very much. We're both in our early 20s. I have a house. He lives with his parents and is going to school. Published Jun. 5 2021 @ 4:29pm

Getting a leg up on health (and other body parts too) More than 26% of U.S. adults report that in the past 30 days, the only activity they got was whatever was required to do their job. There are a lot of sit-and-stare-at-a-computer-screen jobs and working from home has slashed the notion of motion even more! Only about one in four of you even gets the still-official minimum of 150 minutes of activity a week. Pssst! We think 300 minutes weekly will become a new minimum. Published Jun. 5 2021 @ 4:28pm

Special stroller keeps pets safe, happy Dear Heloise: I was at a big-box retailer this morning and saw the most adorable sight: a woman with a little dog in a zipped-up, self-contained stroller! Published Jun. 5 2021 @ 4:25pm

Man wonders if he should keep wearing wedding ring Dear Abby: My wife and I separated three months ago. She has moved out into her own apartment. We are not legally separated or divorced. She removed her wedding ring three weeks after she left. Published Jun. 3 2021 @ 7:02pm

Don't bring that cellphone to the table Dear Heloise: Recently I read that people look at their cellphones on average 90 times a day. I find that incredible but believable. In my own household, I started a rule, and we've all stuck to it. During meals, all cellphones are turned off, as well as the radio and TV. Published Jun. 3 2021 @ 6:59pm

New focus should be preventing prediabetes People like to predict things -- and sometimes they are uncannily accurate. In 1909, Nikola Tesla, former right-hand man of Thomas Edison, told The New York Times: "It will soon be possible to transmit wireless messages all over the world so simply that any individual can carry and operate his own apparatus." Published Jun. 3 2021 @ 6:57pm

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Does size matter? Dear Heloise: When a recipe calls for large eggs, how large do they have to be? The recipe I'm speaking of was written in the late '20s by my grandmother, and I don't know if eggs were smaller back then. Published Jun. 1 2021 @ 8:10pm

Wife wants nothing to do with husband's two-timing friend Dear Abby: My husband has a close friend I'll call "Al." (We are like family.) Over the past five months, Al has been seeing two women and sleeping with both of them. Neither one knows about the other. He admits that one of them thinks they are in a committed relationship, however, he refuses to choose between the two. He actually plans the exact same date so he can compare them! I feel bad for them and want to tell him what he's doing is wrong. My husband insists I shouldn't interfere. Al keeps saying he wants us to meet these women, and I just can't imagine keeping my mouth shut. What to do? — Right Or Wrong In Virginia Published May. 29 2021 @ 5:25pm

Essential oils pose danger to pets Dear Readers: Essential oils are oils reduced (concentrated) from and containing the essence of plants such as lavender, juniper and eucalyptus, citrus trees and rose bushes. These oils are used in alternative medicine, for aromatherapy and for meditation. Published May. 29 2021 @ 5:24pm

The remarkable benefits of having a healthy heart That may be why we so often focus on the risks that come along with plaque-filled arteries, elevated lousy LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, and high blood pressure -- stroke, heart attack, brain dysfunction, depression and a lousy sex life. But let's look at it from the other side. Published May. 29 2021 @ 5:22pm